Kenneth Edwards (Taekwondoin)

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Kenneth Edwards Taekwondo
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Nationality: JamaicaJamaica Jamaica
Birthday: December 30, 1985

Kenneth Edwards (born December 30, 1985 ) is a Jamaican Taekwondoin . It starts in the weight class up to 80 kilograms.

Edwards played his first international title fights at the 2005 World Cup in Madrid . In the class up to 78 kilograms, however, he retired after his opening fight. He celebrated his greatest success so far at the 2011 Pan-American Olympic qualification tournament in Santiago de Querétaro . Edwards won the decisive battle for third place in the class up to 80 kilograms and secured participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London .

Edwards will be the first Jamaican taekwondo in the Olympics. He is trained by Alvin Bernard.

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Individual evidence

  1. HISTORIC! Jamaica's Edwards qualifies for Olympic taekwondo. Retrieved July 8, 2012 .